By Craig Hlavaty |
January 1, 2014
| Updated: January 2, 2014 9:13am

Victoria Alvarado's daughter Allison was the first baby born in Houston at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. Allison is the second child of Victoria and Albert Alvarado.

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Victoria Alvarado holds her daughter, Allison, as the baby clings to the hand of her father, Albert. Allison was the first baby born in Houston in the new year. She entered the world at 12:14 a.m. in Texas Children's Pavilion for Women.

Photo By James Nielsen/Houston Chronicle

Victoria Alvarado's daughter Allison was the first baby born in Houston at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. Allison is the second child of Victoria and Albert Alvarado.

Photo By James Nielsen/Staff

Albert Alvarado hands his daughter, Allison, to his wife, Victoria. Allison was Houston's first baby of 2014. The baby made her first appearance at 12:14 a.m. in Texas Children's Pavilion for Women.

Photo By James Nielsen/Houston Chronicle

Victoria Alvarado's daughter Allison was the first baby born in Houston at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. Allison is the second child of Victoria and Albert Alvarado.

Photo By James Nielsen/Houston Chronicle

Victoria Alvarado holds her daughter Allison who was the first baby born in Houston at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. Allison is the second child of Victoria and Albert Alvarado.

Photo By James Nielsen/Houston Chronicle

Victoria Alvarado holds her daughter Allison who was the first baby born in Houston at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. Allison is the second child of Victoria and Albert Alvarado.

The first Houstonian born in 2014 was a girl named Allison Alvarado, coming into the world at 12:14 a.m. Wednesday at the Texas Children's Pavilion for Women.

Allison weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and 21 inches long, and soon after the fashion-forward newborn was donning a pink knit cap and matching pink hoodie. Her parents, Victoria and Albert Alvarado, both in their late 20s, already have a 7-year-old son, Jeremiah.

Victoria started going into labor around 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve, just as most of Houston was getting ready to celebrate the new year. She was already scheduled to give birth Tuesday, but labor pains forced the family to the hospital.

According to Victoria, her husband was more emotional about the birth than she was.

"I was concentrating on my breathing and getting the baby out, and he was in the corner crying a lot," she laughs. She said she had to console him during the natural procedure. Albert doesn't deny it.

"It was so emotional," Albert says of the process. "It's something we'd been waiting for a long time."

Jeremiah is said to already be a doting, attentive big brother. He went home with relatives a few hours ago to catch up on sleep, though he begged to stay with the family. Albert says a few weeks ago they found the second-grader in his bedroom crying. Not out of sadness but out of excitement.

"He started crying about being a good big brother. He said, 'I'm gonna make sure nobody will mess with her.' "

The youngster has already vowed to protect her from most everything.

Victoria adds that Jeremiah made sure that his mother ate plenty during the pregnancy and that she took her prenatal supplements.

Albert says he's running on just about two hours of sleep, but the high of having a new daughter seems to be keeping him wired.

He says that he and his wife weren't as well-prepared during Jeremiah's birth years back, but they feel like pros now.

"We were more scared the first time around, but this time we approached it the right way," he says.

The Alvarados are scheduled to leave the hospital for home on Friday. "Everything she needs is there, and her crib is already next to our bed," said the proud father.